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Ever since its original publication in 2003, Glen Stassen and David Gushee’s Kingdom Ethics has offered students, pastors, and other readers an outstanding framework for Christian ethical thought, one that is solidly rooted in Scripture, especially Jesus’s teachings in the Sermon on the Mount. This substantially revised edition of Kingdom Ethics features enhanced and updated treatments of all...

Table 2.1. The Beatitudes echo Isaiah 61 Isaiah 61 Matthew 5 61:1, 2 good news to the oppressed … the year of the LORD’s favor 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 61:1, 2 to bind up the brokenhearted … to comfort all who mourn 5:4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 61:7 They will inherit a double portion in their land. 5:5 Blessed are the humble, for they shall inherit the earth. 61:3 They will be called oaks of righteousness. 5:6 Blessed
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